Ethnographic Collection

Many of us have the odd family heirloom or domestic antique displayed at home, but few have amassed such an impressive collection as the Barilo family, owners and curators of this absorbing private museum. The Barilos have scoured the island to amass a riveting record of Korčulan life over the past hundred years or so – there's a living room stuffed with family photographs and reproduction prints, a pre-modern kitchen with traditional stove and homely textiles, and a bedroom decked out with examples of the kind of frilly nightgowns that people don't wear that often anymore  At the end of the visit, you'll be offered local liqueurs in the parlour.